nitroprusside

ni·tro·prus·side

(nī'trō-prŭs'īd)

Agent used as an intravenous vasodilator.

nitroprusside

A drug used in the emergency treatment of high blood pressure (HYPERTENSION). Given by controlled infusion into a vein it is the most effective known means of reducing dangerously high pressure. It must, however, be used with great care and its effects closely monitored.

Nitroprusside

A compound that is used in laboratory tests to identify large amounts of cystine in urine samples.

Representative tracings illustrating the relaxation response produced by the application of clobenzorex and sodium nitroprusside on endothelium-intact and endothelium-denuded phenylephrine-precontracted rat aortic rings.

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